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We were just up to the delta last weekend and hung out at Windmill Cove. While fishing I seemed to notice a lot of water hyacynth (not a chance of spelling that one correct)invading the place. Is this year particularly bad or am I not use to seeing it. Do they try to rid the place of it or is just another issue where there is no money or will to attack the problem.

DBH
 
The DBW is responsible for clearing it from waterways. To be "legal" a marina must have a permit in order to do anything other than manual means of removing it. DBW probably doesn't have much funding for this now, but may be able to clear it if it is totally blocking marina access. As the water cools, the hyacinth [th] will go into hybernation until next year.

Shhh Many marinas use a physical means of removing the stuff when no one is looking. shhhhhhh
 
Some years back, the boat "Delta-Keeper" (like the Bay-Keeper"), which was a 28' Bayliner based out of Village West, filed suit against the spraying of the hyacinth due to the pesticides entering the water. Of course, the bleeding hearts won and us Delta boaters took it in the shorts (yet again) with the increased hyacinth growth due to the halt of the spraying.

The end result is what you are seeing every year with its increased growth...

Of course the Delta newbies don't have a clue as to how bad the stuff can get. Back in the early 80's, Whiskey Slu suffered a patch of it that was over a mile solid. Boats that launched at their ramp had to shove the stuff out of the way (if they were lucky) and deal with it for over a mile until they hit clear water (if you could call it that).

Of course, plenty of other Delta marina's suffered similar fates...

Good job "Delta-Keeper"... [:-yuck] [:-banghead] [:-censored]
 
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Originally posted by BayAreaBoater

Some years back, the boat "Delta-Keeper" (like the Bay-Keeper"), which was a 28' Bayliner based out of Village West, filed suit against the spraying of the hyacinth due to the pesticides entering the water. Of course, the bleeding hearts won and us Delta boaters took it in the shorts (yet again) with the increased hyacinth growth due to the halt of the spraying.

The end result is what you are seeing every year with its increased growth...

Of course the Delta newbies don't have a clue as to how bad the stuff can get. Back in the early 80's, Whiskey Slu suffered a patch of it that was over a mile solid. Boats that launched at their ramp had to shove the stuff out of the way (if they were lucky) and deal with it for over a mile until they hit clear water (if you could call it that).

Of course, plenty of other Delta marina's suffered similar fates...

Good job "Delta-Keeper"... [:-yuck] [:-banghead] [:-censored]

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By saying "was" I can only hope that his boat got sunk. It is much worse this year, but I try to do my part by throwing them on the bank to bake in the sun. If everyone did the same instead of just shoving them out of their slip to invade the next guy's, the problem may not be as bad.
 
Heres a picture of the crap in the slough by Hog island across from Lost Isle where we anchored out the weekend before last. I would be there for away trying to get all that on the bank. The current takes it out to the main channel and then turns back and brings it back.
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The Stockton Record had an article about it today. The Federal Government apparently held up spraying permits this year, which allowed it to really take off. If Delta Keeper was still at Village West, he might not have been able to get out - it is bad there this year (along with egeria which is also thick) They recently purchased a machine to remove weeds from the water. Once that stuff makes a mat, it is hard to get through. I was docked at Bob's/Garlic Brothers last summer, and while I was docked, it closed off the end of the U shape formed by the dock and a couple of fingers. When I tried to leave and go through it, the boat wouldn't go straight, and kept heading for other boats parked along the dock fingers.
 
Dang, Perfect reason for importing Manatees. They love Hyacinth.
 
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Originally posted by jtybt15

Dang, Perfect reason for importing Manatees. They love Hyacinth.

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Then the whole delta would become one big 5 mph zone to keep the manatees safe.
 
We did the Big Dogs poker run on Sunday and the hyacinth was so bad it was hard finding a place to park at some of the stops.
 
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Originally posted by UpperDecker

quote:
Originally posted by BayAreaBoater

Some years back, the boat "Delta-Keeper" (like the Bay-Keeper"), which was a 28' Bayliner based out of Village West, filed suit against the spraying of the hyacinth due to the pesticides entering the water. Of course, the bleeding hearts won and us Delta boaters took it in the shorts (yet again) with the increased hyacinth growth due to the halt of the spraying.

The end result is what you are seeing every year with its increased growth...

Of course the Delta newbies don't have a clue as to how bad the stuff can get. Back in the early 80's, Whiskey Slu suffered a patch of it that was over a mile solid. Boats that launched at their ramp had to shove the stuff out of the way (if they were lucky) and deal with it for over a mile until they hit clear water (if you could call it that).

Of course, plenty of other Delta marina's suffered similar fates...

Good job "Delta-Keeper"... [:-yuck] [:-banghead] [:-censored]

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By saying "was" I can only hope that his boat got sunk. It is much worse this year, but I try to do my part by throwing them on the bank to bake in the sun. If everyone did the same instead of just shoving them out of their slip to invade the next guy's, the problem may not be as bad.

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Actually, after the action was filed, the Delta-Keeper was vandalized more than a few times while it was in its slip at V-W.

I didn't do it, but I don't hold it against the people that did it...

For a program that was suppose to "protect" the Delta, they really screwed that one up big time...
 
I can see not vandalizing his boat, but you should have at least changed the name on his boat to Delta Douche Bag.
 
Build some more nuke plants so that the manatees can have some warm water in the winter and I'll ship you some. The gulf water temp is still in the high 80s, when winter comes and it drops into the 60s, they all head in land up the river and hang around the exhaust cooling water of the local power plant to stay warm. And of course there are mandated speed zones all around.
 
I was fishing at Lost Isle last weekend and the whole dock area was full of the damn stuff. Lots of folks working around there. Is the famous isle going to rise from the dead to it's original infamous state?

Dbh
 
^^^^^^^

They'll never return to their "original" state... [:-cry]

But I'm sure the strippers, public sex acts and murders will return... [:-yuck]
 
They are working to meet the demand of SJ County so that they can get the required permits. Goal is to open in 2012.....but don't hold your breathe! SJ County really wants them to go away....
 
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